U.S. History MV Final Test

Section

belief that U.S. was destined to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific - used to justify other territorial acquisitions

Sutter's Mill

gold found in 1848 in CA

The Mexican American War

the U.S. wanted to expand territory but Mexico was in the way - acquired TX, AZ, NM, CO, UT, NV, WY, CA - ended by Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago

Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederate States of America, prolonged war

The Kansas Nebraska Act

1854 - popular sovereignty(each territory decided to be slave/free) *repealed MO Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north 36'30'* - proposed by Stephen Douglas who wanted the TRR to go through there

1.4 million people joined migration to CA in largest U.S. migration to make CA a multi-ethnic society - get rich quick

The Compromise of 1850

last great compromise - 1. CA admitted as free state 2. TX received financial compensation for relinquishing lands west of Rio Grande 3. Slave trade was abolished in DC 4. NM was established without specific prohibition of slavery 5. Fugitive Slave Law required U.S. citizens to return runaway slaves

The Fugitive Slave Law

part of Compromise of 1850 that required everyone to assist in return of runaway slaves to owners

The Underground Railroad

name given to safehouses/passageway to the North to escape slavery, run by Harriet Tubman

Popular Sovereignty

each territory could decide whether to be slave or free

John Brown

Northern abolitionist who advocated armed insurrection for slaves, murdered 5 southerners in Pottawatomic Massacre in May 1856, Harper's Ferry, later tried and hung for treason by VA

Thomas Hart Benton

one of the first senators of MO - Whig

Chief Justice Taney

presided over Dred Scott case - ruled against Scott saying that slaves were property, which can be taken anywhere